Courtesy of Disney Plus (and a friend who was generous with sharing her password for same) I have finally had a chance to see what all the fuss is about "Hamilton". As much as I love musical theater, there was no way I was paying the kind of money they were asking for these tickets, particularly since hip hop music is not exactly my genre. But DANG!
Lin-Manuel Miranda has been on my radar for a while now, but mostly for his charming demeanor, his generosity of heart, his sharing of his gifts with everyone, and his admirable (and totally undeserved) humility. Turns out he is also an amazing writer and musician. This is the first "fresh" play I have seen in..well, maybe ever. Everything else feels like a re-hash.
Granted I started doing theater when I was seven which was, um, a fairly long time ago, so I've had the bug for a while. I've been the star and I've been "the wench in the tavern". It's all fun. Every community theater group in the world seems to be caught in some Circle of Hell where they all do the same four plays in sequence. I swear, one more "Barefoot In the Park" and I'm going to cut someone. But this was refreshingly different, even though I REALLY needed the sub-titles to figure out what was going on.
Every morning I find myself with an ear-worm. Sometimes it's "I Am Not Throwing Away My Shot" and sometimes it is King George's "You'll Be Back". Songs from new plays don't often get stuck in one's brains these days, so I'm impressed.
So thank you, "Hamilton" for a delightful diversion from the Pandemic Blues, even if I do sob like a baby at the ending. Every. Single. Time.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has been on my radar for a while now, but mostly for his charming demeanor, his generosity of heart, his sharing of his gifts with everyone, and his admirable (and totally undeserved) humility. Turns out he is also an amazing writer and musician. This is the first "fresh" play I have seen in..well, maybe ever. Everything else feels like a re-hash.
Granted I started doing theater when I was seven which was, um, a fairly long time ago, so I've had the bug for a while. I've been the star and I've been "the wench in the tavern". It's all fun. Every community theater group in the world seems to be caught in some Circle of Hell where they all do the same four plays in sequence. I swear, one more "Barefoot In the Park" and I'm going to cut someone. But this was refreshingly different, even though I REALLY needed the sub-titles to figure out what was going on.
Every morning I find myself with an ear-worm. Sometimes it's "I Am Not Throwing Away My Shot" and sometimes it is King George's "You'll Be Back". Songs from new plays don't often get stuck in one's brains these days, so I'm impressed.
So thank you, "Hamilton" for a delightful diversion from the Pandemic Blues, even if I do sob like a baby at the ending. Every. Single. Time.
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